Charmed

Australia is in the lead in DVD release dates, followed closely by The Netherlands and the quickly catching-up United Kingdom. Others closely associated with the city include:. (Paramount has a no-extras policy on their TV DVD's) The first season was firstly released in the United States. For persons born in Venice, see Natives of Venice.. There will be no special features on the first four seasons Charmed DVDs. In videogames, Venice appeared in Core Design's Tomb Raider 2. This aspect is constantly used as a target for "snark" in the forums of Television Without Pity [1]. Other major works involving Venice include:.

A subject of much dissapointment to certain sector of fans in the show's continuity issues, with specific details or "rules" often being contradicted in following episodes. Cooper's novel depicts Venice as a brutal dictatorship, governed through intrigue and murder, masked by the placid facade of the Repubblica Serenissima (serene republic). Her mother and father, however, are perfectly normal human beings, thus witchcraft skipped a generation in her family. A bravo is an assassin under contract to the state, typically carrying out his assignments with a stilletto. Billie inherited her powers from her grandmother on her mother's side. A remarkable, and unflattering, portrait of Venetian politics appears in The Bravo, published in 1831 by American novelist James Fennimore Cooper. This power, yet to be defined in detail, projects Billie's thoughts into reality, and is triggered by strong emotions. Life in 1750s Venice is illustrated by the biography A Venetian Affair, which is based on the prolific love letters between a Venetian nobleman and his illegitimate half-English lover.

Recently she received the power of projection. They were generally rough. She is cocky in her own powers and skills, but is still bested in a fight by Paige. Canvases (the now almost universal surface for painting) originated in Venice during the early renaissance. Billie has the power of telekinesis, and she can use it to amplify her acrobatic abilities. By the end of the century, Venice was famous for the splendor of its music, as exemplified in the "colossal style" of Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, which used multiple choruses and instrumental groups. Upon meeting with an Angel of Destiny, Billie was assured that her sister is alive and she will eventually find her. Venice was the early center of music printing; Ottaviano Petrucci began publishing music almost as soon as this technology was available, and his publishing enterprise helped to attract composers from all over Europe, especially from France and Flanders.

Her main objective, as this mystery remains to be solved, is to find out who kidnapped Christy and why, and to save her if she is still alive. During the 16th century, Venice became one of the most important musical centers of Europe, marked by a characteristic style of composition (the Venetian school) and the development of the Venetian polychoral style under composers such as Adrian Willaert, who worked at San Marco. This -- along with the fact that the incident was never mentioned by her parents, leaving Billie even more confused -- was the main motivation for Billie to train and become skilled in using her powers. Dull garments were worn over colorful ones, which then were cut to show the hidden colors — which resulted in the wide spread of men's "slashed" fashions in the 15th century. Billie's backstory involves the abduction of her sister, Christie, by mysterious demons with unknown intentions. The Senate passed sumptuary laws, but these merely resulted in changes in fashion in order to circumvent the law. This, at the time when the Charmed Ones were thought to be dead, proved useful for the three sisters, as Billie could carry out smaller magic-related tasks and also to cover for them. In the 14th century, many young Venetian men began wearing tight-fitting multicolored hose, the designs on which indicated the Compagnie della Calza ("Trouser Club") to which they belonged.

Billie was put under the tutelage of the Charmed Ones after she asked them to teach them everything they know about witchcraft. If sinking is prevented, today's engineers hope that future generations will - perhaps in thousands of years time - remember the current work being done, for saving one of the most romantic cities in the world. Billie Jenkins was introduced, in the show's eighth season, as a young witch who pays more attention to demon fighting than to her education. A further point about the "lifting" system would be that it would be permenant - the MOSE Project is, by it very nature, a temporary system: it is expected to protect Venice for "only" 100 years. Fortunately, Chris had set in motion a new future for himself and his family that may ultimately change his own destiny for the better. This way, some hope, it could rise above sea levels, protecting it for hundreds of years, and eventually the MOSE project may not be necessary (it will, controvertially, alter the tidal patterns in the lagoon, damaging some wildlife). The adult Chris was mortally wounded by Gideon while trying to protect infant Wyatt; he died in Leo's arms hours before Piper gave birth to his baby-self. Some experts say that the best way to protect Venice is to physically lift the City to a greater height above sea level - by pumping water into the soil underneath the city.

He also didn't want to get emotionaly involved with his mother because she died when he turned 14, so he thought it would be too much pain to go back to a future where she was not alive, but after a talk with his grandfather Victor he decided to let it go and got close to Piper. To make things worse, however, sea levels are rising anyway, and in fact, the whole east coast of Italy is sinking (although very slowly). Chris resented Leo for not being there for him in the future, but eventually reconciled with his father. This challenging engineering work is due to be completed by 2011. He had come back to identify and vanquish the one responsible for turning his brother Wyatt evil; he was able to achieve this with the help of his family. When tides are predicted to rise above 110 centimetres, the pontoons will be filled with air and block the incoming water from the Adriatic sea. Eventually, everyone learned that Chris was Leo and Piper's second son, and that he was named after Leo's father. In May 2003, Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, inaugurated the MOSE project, which will lay a series of 79 inflatable pontoons across the sea bed at the three entrances to the lagoon.

But it still took a while for Leo and the sisters to fully trust Chris since his actions were often shady and he was so focused on killing demons. Some recent studies have suggested that the city is no longer sinking^{[citation needed]}, but this is not yet certain; therefore, a state of alert has not been revoked. He eventually confessed that he was a half-witch, which explained why he couldn't be frozen and had telekinetic powers (he can also blow things up but rarely uses that power). Thus, many Venetians resorted to moving up to the upper floors and continue with their lives. But he clearly wasn't like other whitelighters: he could orb and sense his charges, but he couldn't heal. In many old houses the former staircases used by people to unload goods are now flooded, rendering the former ground floor uninhabitable. Introduced as a moody and mysterious whitelighter from the future, Chris became the sisters' new whitelighter after Leo became an Elder. However, the city is still threatened by more frequent low-level floods (so-called Acqua alta, "high water") that creep to a height of several centimeters over its quays, regularly following certain tides.

Chris Halliwell: portrayed by Drew Fuller (2003-2004). This sinking process has slowed markedly since artesian wells were banned in the 1960s. He could TK orb ever since he was a few-months-old and is the future master of Excalibur. It was realised that extraction of the aquifer was the cause. Wyatt could already heal at the age of 2 years old (something his little brother Chris was still not able to do at the age of 22). During the 20th century, when many artesian wells were sunk into the periphery of the lagoon to draw water for local industry, Venice began to subside. He conjured a Dragon from a television when he was 8 months, and scared away Piper’s potential dates with magic at the tender age of 10 months. This created an ever-deeper lagoon environment.

He shares the last name Halliwell, with his mommy and aunts because “evil fears it and good magic respects it.” Wyatt is an extremely powerful child and orbed for the first time when he was a couple of months old. Six hundred years ago, Venetians protected themselves from land-based attacks by diverting all the major rivers flowing into the lagoon and thus preventing sediment from filling the area around the city. Wyatt was given the middle name of Matthew in honor of his “super protective aunt Paige” and his first name is Leo’s last name. The buildings are often threatened by flood tides pushing in from the Adriatic between autumn and early spring. Everyone was surprised that he was a boy since everyone assumed he was Melinda, the daughter Piper met when she went to the future, in the beginning of season 2. The foundations rest on the piles, and buildings of brick or stone sit above these footings. His birth was prophesied centuries before, and he was called the “twice-blessed” child, but for the entire pregnancy, the girls and Leo thought that he was going to be a girl to be named “Prudence Melinda”. Most of these piles are still intact after centuries of submersion.

He was able to heal her from the womb, as well as protect her with a force field (Which he now uses to protect himself). The buildings of Venice are constructed on closely spaced wood piles (under water, in the absence of oxygen, wood does not decay) which penetrate alternating layers of clay and sand. Throughout Piper’s pregnancy, Wyatt exhibited many powers, making his mother "invincible". The city is divided into the six districts of Cannaregio, San Polo, Dorsoduro (including the Giudecca), Santa Croce, San Marco and Castello (including San Pietro di Castello and Sant'Elena). Piper found out she was pregnant after being told by her doctor that she would have trouble conceiving due to extensive scar tissue on her uterus. The sestieri are the primary traditional divisions of Venice. Until the day he was born, in the middle of season 5, Wyatt was constantly surprising his parents, Piper and Leo. Other populations include Bulgarian, Tunisian, Albanian, and Macedonian.

Wyatt Halliwell: portrayed by Jason & Kristopher Simmons (2003- ). Istat breaks down the population as:. She was then written to live with her parents again. The city is much visited by tourists, of course; but of the permanent population 3.8 % are foreigners as well: from all around the world, and especially from Asia. She only appeared in few episodes, and in the end, she did not serve any major purpose in any of the plotlines. The airport is on the mainland and was rebuilt away from the coast so that visitors now need to get a bus to the pier, from which a water taxi or Aliliguna waterbus can be used. She was known to come to them for female advice when she was too embarrassed to talk to Dan. Venice is served by the newly rebuilt Marco Polo International Airport, or Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo, named in honor of its famous citizen.

Her parents were busy re-locating to a new home for their work and asked Dan to care for her until they were settled in. The only unmotorized gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges. Jenny is the niece of Dan Gordon and next-door neighbor, and friend, of the Halliwell Sisters. The city also has many private boats. Jenny Gordon: portrayed by Karis Paige Bryant (1999). Most Venetians now travel by motorised waterbuses ("vaporetti") which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city's islands.
. The classical Venetian boat is the gondola, although it is now mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies, due to its cost.

Dan moved away to Portland when he was offered a job there, deciding that it was time for him to get on with his life. Venice is Europe's largest carfree area, unique in Europe in remaining a sizable functioning city in the 21st century entirely without motorcars or trucks. When his brother-in-law discovered that Leo had been a soldier in World War II and had died in the war, Dan presented the information to Leo and finally to Piper. Beyond these land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains, as it was in centuries past, entirely on water or on foot. Dan also became very suspicious of Leo and even asked his brother-in-law who worked for the state department to check Leo's army records. In the 19th century a causeway to the mainland brought a railway station to Venice, and an automobile causeway and parking lot was added in the 20th century. Piper finally broke up with Dan after she realized that despite loving Dan, she loved Leo more. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.

Dan felt as though he was simply "geographically desirable" and that that was the basis of the entire relationship. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. He also always felt threatened by Leo, because even though Piper did not see him often, he knew that they had been serious and that Piper still cared for him. It is built on an archipelago of more than 100 islands (118 in total) formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. However, Piper's sudden disappearances and avoidance of his questions drove Dan crazy and made him feel insecure in their relationship. Venice is famous for its canals. When Piper felt attracted to Dan, she decided to date him instead of Leo because the relationship seemed much less complicated. The Venetian military tradition also was notably cautious; they were more interested in achieving success with a minimum expense of lives and money than in the pursuit of glory.

While Dan never discovered the sisters' secret, he noticed the oddity of the girls' lives and often suspected that they were hiding something. A civilian commissioner (not unlike a commissar) accompanied each army to keep an eye on things, especially the mercenaries. He used to play third base for the Seattle Mariners baseball team until he blew out his knee sliding home, then worked in construction. Not only was efficiency not degraded, this policy saved Venice from the military takeovers that other Italian city states so often experienced. He and his niece Jenny lived next door to the Halliwell Sisters. By ancient law, no nobleman could command more than twenty-five men (to prevent against sedition by private armies), and while the position of Captain General was introduced in the mid-14th century, he still had to answer to a civilian panel of twenty "wise men". The mortal next-door neighbor who was attracted to Piper Halliwell. The command structure in the army was different from that in the fleet.

Dan Gordon: portrayed by Greg Vaughan (1999-2000). Throughout the 15th century, Venetian land forces were almost always on the offensive and were regarded as the most effective in Italy, largely because of the tradition of all classes carrying arms in defense of the city and official encouragement of general military training. Brian Krause (the actor who plays Leo) originally auditioned to play this character. Later in that century, uniforms were adopted that featured red-and-white stripes, and a system of honors and pensions developed. He then risked his career to help them, ultimately sacrificing his life to protect them from the demon Rodriguez. In its alliance with Florence in 1426, Venice agreed to supply 8,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry in time of war, and 3,000 and 1,000 in peacetime. Eventually, Andy discovered that all three sisters were witches, and that they were responsible for saving so many people's lives. Early in the 15th century, as new mainland territories were expanded, the first standing army was organized, consisting of condottieri on contract.

He was in love with Prue, but they eventually broke up because Prue wouldn't tell Andy her secret. As in other Italian cities, aristocrats and other wealthy men were cavalrymen while the city's conscripts fought as infantry. The two of them began dating shortly thereafter. The register of 1338 estimated that 30,000 Venetian men were capable of bearing arms; many of these were skilled crossbowmen. When the Halliwell sisters reunited and moved back into the Manor after their Grams' death, Prue bumped into him at a hospital. In times of emergency, all males between seventeen and sixty years were registered and their weapons were surveyed, with those called to actually fight being organized into companies of twelve. He worked with Darryl Morris as his partner. In the 13th century, most Italian city states already were hiring mercenaries, but Venetian troops were still recruited from the lagoon, plus feudal levies from Dalmatia and Istria.

Later when they parted ways and he moved out of his childhood home, Andy worked as an Inspector for the San Francisco Police Department and was coincidentally assigned to almost every police case that involved the Halliwell sisters. Though Venice was famous for its navy, its army was equally effective. As a child he was close to them all, but in high school he dated Prue for a short period. The company of "Noble Bowmen" was recruited in the later 14th century from among the younger aristocracy and served aboard both war-galleys and armed merchantmen, with the privilege of sharing the captain's cabin. Andy Trudeau grew up next-door to the Halliwell sisters in San Francisco. As weapons became more expensive and complex to operate, professional soldiers were assigned to help work merchant sailing ships and as rowers in galleys. Andy Trudeau: portrayed by Ted King (1998-1999). By 1303, crossbow practice had become compulsory in the city, with citizens training in groups.

Julian McMahon (the actor who played Cole) originally auditoned for the role of Inspector Andy Trudeau. Rowing skills were encouraged through races and regattas. He was thought to be gone permanently, but he returned in spectral form during Season 7 to advise Piper and he also made sure that Phoebe didn't give up on love. Debtors generally worked off their obligations rowing the galleys. Cole wasn't invincible in that time; he was Belthazor, so the Charmed Ones were able to vanquish him once and for all. Those from the city were chosen by lot from each parish, their families being supported by the remainder of the parish while the rowers were away. Cole received more powers from an Avatar and tried to undo the past so that he could be with Phoebe again, but Paige figured out Cole's plan. Galley slaves did not exist in medieval Venice, the oarsmen coming from the city itself or from its possessions, especially Dalmatia.

Phoebe hated Cole after that and he went crazy and tried to kill himself, but learned that he couldn't because he was invincible. A reserve of some 25 (later 100) war-galleys was maintained in the Arsenal. Cole was gone, but soon came back with his new powers. The government required each merchant ship to carry a specified number of weapons (mostly crossbows and javelins) and armor; merchant passengers were also expected to be armed and to fight when necessary. Later, she kissed Cole goodbye and helped her sisters vanquish him as the Source. By 1450, more than 3,000 Venetian merchant ships were in operation, and most of these could be converted when necessary into either warships or transports. She turned evil, married Cole, and became the Queen of the Underworld. After 1797, the city fell into a serious decline, with many of the old palaces and other buildings abandoned and falling into disrepair, although the Lido became a popular beach resort in the late 19th century.

He was then possessed by the living evil spirit of the Source and became evil, but he never lost his love for Phoebe, who eventually became pregnant with the spawn of the Source. In 1866, along with the rest of Venetia, Venice became part of Italy. He released the Hollow and put it back in its place. It was taken from Austria by the Treaty of Pressburg in 1805 and became part of Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy, but was returned to Austria following Napoleon's defeat in 1814. He then took in the power of the Hollow, an energy which consumes magic, and aided the sisters in killing the Source of all evil. The Austrians took control of the city on January 18, 1798. After his evil half was accidentally vanquished, he became mortal, and continued helping the sisters with his knowledge of demons. Venice became part of the Austrian-held Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia when Napoleon signed the Treaty of Campo Formio on October 12 1797.

He even managed to weaken the Source significantly during a battle to save Piper's life. He removed the gates of the Ghetto and ended the restrictions on when and where Jews could live and travel in the city. Cole then continued to assist the Charmed Ones, proving to be a powerful ally. Napoleon was seen as something of a liberator by the city's Jewish population. However, after Cole helped prevent Prue from getting married to a warlock, and after helping Prue save Phoebe's life, he managed to convince the sisters that he had turned away from evil. The French conqueror brought to an end the most fascinating century of its history: It was during the "Settecento" that Venice became perhaps the most elegant and refined city in Europe, greatly influencing art, architecture, and literature. Cole reappeared, initially infuriating Phoebe, who still loved him but would not allow herself to do so. After 1070 years, the Republic lost its independence when Napoleon Bonaparte on May 12, 1797, conquered Venice during the First Coalition.

Eventually, Phoebe admitted to her sisters that she had let Cole go. Venetian ambassadors sent home still-extant secret reports of the politics and rumours of European courts, providing fascinating information to modern historians. Even the Underworld believed that he was dead. The second, more famous, occasion was on April 27, 1509, by order of Pope Julius II (see League of Cambrai). Phoebe lied to everyone, saying that she had vanquished Belthazor/Cole. Venice was threatened with the interdict on a number of occasions and twice suffered its imposition. She helped Cole fake his own death and he was able to escape. This apparent lack of zeal contributed to its frequently coming into conflict with the Papacy.

Prue and Piper wanted to vanquish him, but Phoebe was unable to, having fallen in love with him. Though the people of Venice generally remained orthodox Roman Catholics, the state of Venice was notable for its freedom from religious fanaticism and it enacted not a single execution for religious heresy during the Counter-Reformation. After a while, the Charmed Ones discovered that he was Belthazor. In practice, a number of Doges were forced by pressure from their oligarchical peers to resign the office and retire into monastic seclusion when they were felt to have been discredited by perceived political failure. In doing so, he betrayed the Source and turned his back on his own kind and all evil. The chief executive was the Doge (duke), who, theoretically, held his elective office for life. Back then, he had an evil half known as the infamous demon 'Belthazor.' He fell in love with Phoebe, and instead of killing the Charmed Ones, he murdered the Triad. War was regarded as a continuation of commerce by other means (hence, the city's early production of large numbers of mercenaries for service elsewhere).

Cole Turner was first sent by the Triad, who worked for the Source of all evil, to kill the Charmed Ones. Venice remained a republic throughout its independent period and politics and the military were kept completely separate. Cole Turner: portrayed by Julian McMahon (2000-2003). The Cavalieri di San Marco was the only order of chivalry ever instituted in Venice, and no citizen could accept or join a foreign order without the government’s consent.
. Church and various private properties were tied to military service, though there was no knight tenure within the city itself. To facilitate his abscence, the character of Darryl was transferred to the East Coast, where contact with the sisters is non-regular and not onscreen. The Venetian governmental structure was a mix of Byzantine and Islamic systems, but the social order was entirely feudal.

As of Season 8, Dorian Gregory has been dropped from the cast of Charmed due to budget cuts in the series. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. Darryl has now stopped helping and covering for the Charmed Ones, as he had arrested Chris for stealing a car while trying to catch a demon. Mark, symbol of Venice. As Darryl was about to be executed, the Charmed Ones were able to stop Darryl from being killed, and make him believe that it was all a dream. Considerable plunder was brought back to Venice, including the Winged Lion of St. The Cleaners had made other people believe that he killed a person on purpose, and got him sent to death row. Though the Greeks recovered control of the ravaged city and Empire a half century later, the Byzantine Empire was effectively powerless, and existed as a ghost of it's old self until Mohammad the Conqueror took the city in 1453.

Darryl killed a mortal killer when he was possessed by a phantasm, but was spied on by Detective Sheridan. Unfortunately, this seizure of Constantinople would ultimately prove to be as much a factor ending the Byzantine Empire as the loss of the Anatolian themes after Manzikert. Recently, however, he fell out with them over the risks he takes. Venice became an imperial power following the Fourth Crusade, which (with Venetian aid) seized Constantinople in 1204 and established the Latin Empire; Venice herself carved out a sphere of influence known as the Duchy of the Archipelago. Since finding out the sisters' secret, he has been of great help to them by covering up unsolved cases related to demonic activity. By the standards of the time, Venice's stewardship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as Bergamo, Brescia, and Verona rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders. Darryl has a wife and two sons. In building its maritime commercial empire, the Republic acquired control of most of the islands in the Aegean, including Cyprus and Crete, and became a major power-broker in the Near East.

A lieutenant (promoted from inspector) in the San Francisco Police Department, he was once the partner of inspector Andy Trudeau. Later mainland possessions, which extended across Lake Garda as far west as the Adda River, were known as "Terraferma", and were acquired partly as a buffer against belligerent neighbors, partly to guarantee Alpine trade routes, and partly to ensure the supply of mainland wheat, on which the city depended. Darryl Morris: portrayed by Dorian Gregory (1998-2005). The Doge already carried the titles of Duke of Dalmatia and Duke of Istria. In fact, Brian Krause's appearances in the series have been limited to the first 10 episodes of the season for budgetary reasons; the show's executive producer, Brad Kern, has stated that Leo's character will return if more money becomes available for production. The Republic of Venice seized the eastern shores of the Adriatic before 1200, mostly for commercial reasons, because pirates based there were a menace to trade. In Season 8 Leo has been 'frozen' due to a mysterious turn of the Halliwell sisters' fate. In the 12th century the essentials for the power of Venice were laid: the Venetian Arsenal was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the Brenner pass from Verona in 1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.

He then (in Season 7) 'fell from grace' and is now a mortal, after having to choose between being an Elder and his family. Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invulnerable; and the city gave her name to the surrounding region, Venetia. Eventually, he joined the Avatars in order to save the sisters from dying by creating a demon-free world, but this backfired. Venice was a city state (an Italian thalassocracy or Repubblica Marinara, the other three being Genoa, Pisa, and Amalfi). Chris sent him to Valhalla, home to the Valkyries of Norse Mythology where Piper and the sisters saved him. As the community continued to develop and as Byzantine power waned, an increasingly anti-Eastern character emerged, leading to the growth of autonomy and eventual independence under the rulership of elected doges. After a crisis in which the Elders were under attack by the Greek Titans, Leo rose to the status of Elder, increasing his power greatly, including (this was not revealed until the end of Season 6) the ability to throw lightning, which every Elder seems to possess. In the mid-8th century, the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of Pepin III and remained subject to the Byzantine Empire, at least theoretically.

Leo and Piper are the parents of Wyatt and Chris. The city was founded as a result of the influx of refugees into the marshes of the Po estuary following the invasion of northern Italy by the Lombards in 568. Leo helps the sisters to kill the demons and can heal the sisters if needed. . Now, he's Piper's husband and the Charmed Ones' whitelighter. The Venetian Republic was a major sea power and a staging area for the Crusades, as well as a very important centre of commerce (especially the spice trade) and art in the Renaissance. When he was killed in battle, he was transformed into a whitelighter (whitelighters are like witches' guardian angels, and they have the capacity to heal their witch charges, and humans). [1].

He was a WW II army medic when he was young and mortal. The population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; the historic city of Venice (Centro storico) inhabitants are nearly 62,000, while approximately 176,000 people live in Terraferma (literal dry land, it means the extra-lagoon areas) and 31,000 live in other islands of the lagoon. At first, Leo worked surreptitiously at The Manor as a handyman. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. Died: 14 November 1942. The city stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. Birthday: 6 May 1924. The city is included, with Padua (Padova), in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area, population 1,600,000.

Leo Wyatt: portrayed by Brian Krause (1998-present); was a recurring character during season one and half of season two. Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia), the "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′N 12°19′E, population 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). Paige quit Magic School eventually, to concentrate on her Charmed duties and to help her newly-assigned Whitelighter charges. "Venezuela" means "little Venice". Paige became headmistress of the Magic School when the position was vacated by Gideon, an Elder who, in his attempts to get rid of what he thought was a too-powerful baby Wyatt, was responsible for nearly turning him evil. arsenal, ciao, ghetto, gondola, lagoon, lido, Montenegro. He became a whitelighter, but not Paige's. Veronica Franco (1546-1591), poet and courtesan during the Renaissance.

He and an Avatar killed each other. Titian (1477–1576), painter. During Season 7, the Avatars came, and the late Agent Kyle Brody fell in love with Paige while he searched for them, mistakenly believing that the Avatars had killed his parents. Venice and its lagoon are listed as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Richard Montana left because he went crazy with the use of magic. Venice is also famous world-wide for its unique carnival (1). The job was a magical one, with a feud between two families, escalating to cause many deaths. Mark the Evangelist.

Paige was seriously romantically involved with fellow witch Richard Montana during her temp job in Season 6. The city's patron is St. In Season 5, she decided to take a year off to pursue her destiny of being a witch. Casanova (2005 film loosely based on the life of Giacomo Casanova). She helped vanquish Shax, her first demon vanquished and became a Charmed One. The Italian Job (in its 2003 remake incarnation). When she first met Piper and Phoebe, she was attacked by the demon Shax who had killed Prue. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989 film).

She was a social worker in Season 4, when many troubles occurred. Nicolas Roeg's 1973 film Don't Look Now, based on a story by Daphne du Maurier. She can also sense and "glamour," which is the ability to change one's image. From Russia with Love, a James Bond novel and film. She has the ability to orb and telekinetic orbing, calling for objects. Morgenstern. Since Paige is half-witch/half-whitelighter, she is equipped with numerous powers. The Silent Gondoliers a fable told by William Goldman's S.

She attended Prue's funeral and reunited the Charmed Ones. Orhan Pamuk's short stories "Batsin Bu Dünya" (1983) and "Emrah Gülle Gel de Gülme" (1983). Piper found Paige when she cast a spell to find a "lost witch". Death in Venice, a 1912 novel by Thomas Mann. There, Paige was given to the Matthews. Friedrich Schiller's Der Geisterseher (The Ghost-Seer). However, this had to be kept secret so Sam and Patty took her to a church. William Shakespeare's Othello and The Merchant of Venice.

Patty, the girls' mother, had an affair with her Whitelighter, Sam and gave birth to Paige Matthews. Giudecca. Paige Matthews: portrayed by Rose McGowan (2001-present). Vignole. After Prue died, Piper got the responsibility of playing the role of the oldest sister. Torcello. With Prue's death, the power of three was temporarily destroyed, only to be restored shortly after that when Piper and Phoebe found out they had another sister. San Lazzaro degli Armeni.

She had trouble with the right balance of work and play right up until her death at the end of Season 3 by the hands of the wind demon Shax, The Source's chief assassin. Sant'Erasmo. Prue spent a lot of time and energy becoming a more powerful witch, and was referred to sometimes as the "superwitch" of the family. San Michele. Prue had gained the power of astral projection in Season 2, which is the ability to project a spectral form to a distant location, although Prue's version of Astral Projection was tangible/solid and could touch things. Murano. She worked at Buckland's Auction House until halfway through Season 2, when she quit to become a photographer at 415 magazine. Lido.

During the 1st Season, she had developed the power of telekinesis, which is the ability to move objects with her mind. Burano. She was romantically involved with Andy Trudeau in Season 1, but at the end of Season 1, he died saving her life. Islands: